Hair-curler



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`HAm cuRLER. APPLICATION FILED NOV, 24, 1.920.

1,383,099. PatentedJunezs; 1921.

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' paiatively' rigid and upon ROBBIE GORDONE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HATB-CURLER.

Specification of Letters Eateiit.

Application filed- November 24, 1920. Serial No. 428,268.

To (LZZ fw 710m 'it may concer/n: Be it known that I, Bonnin GonnoNn, a citizen oit the Unit-ed States, and resident ot' the city ot New York, county and State oft N ew York, have invented certain new and useful luipi'ovements in Hair-Gurlers, or which the following is a specification.

lily invention relates to hair curleis and more particularly to a device ot this type which embodies a member upon which a loci: ot hair is adapted to be wound and held in place by a resilient member hinged to the hair receiving member.

The device is particularly adapted to cause the haiito assume a wavy appearance which is particularly desirable in a ladys coi'ti'ui'e.

in accomplishing this result l form the curler which comprises my invention in two sections. One of these sections is dished or channel-shaped in cross section and is conithis member alocl; ot hair is adapted to be wrapped. The second member is a resilient strip hingedly secured to the member upon which the haii' is wound and is adapted to be sprung toward the hair receiving member to secure the hair thereon. The transverse dimension ot the resilient member is somewhat less than that ot' the rigid hair receiving member and when in closed position this resilient member causes the hair to lie against the channelsliaped wall of the hair supporting member which causes the desired wavy effect.

The structure of my improved curler will be made more apparent in the accompanying specification and drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the curler in open position,

'. 2 is an end elevation thereof,

g. 3 is a side elevation, el is a top plan view,

Fig. o is a bottom plan view and Fig. G is an enlarged cross sectional view with a lock of hair confined between the parts ot the curler. l

The curler comprises two sections, or arms A and B. The section A is comparatively rigid and shaped into concave-convex torni iii-cross section as clearly illustrated in Figs. Q and 6. The free end of the arm A is indicated by the numeral while the opposite end is provided with al slot 11. The concave-convex arm A is so positioned with respect to the arm B that its eoncaved face 12 is adjacent the arm B.

The arm B is in the form of a flexible Patented June 28, 1921.

strip which carries at one end thereoil a' tongue 13 adapted to pass through the slot 11 and be bent as illustrated in Fig. 1 to form a hinged connection between the two arms. The arm B Vis bowed longitudinally and has its tree end bent right-angularly to torni a lip le: and provided with a projection 15 formed preferably by depressing the lip ll at a point opposite the projection'. When the arm B is sprung in the closed position adjacent the arm A the free end 10 ot arm A is adapted to be secured by the projection l5 clearly illustrated in Fig. 8. The width ot' the flexible arm B is somewhat less than that oi the concavo-convex arm A so that when the arms are sprung into closed position the arm B will be partially confined within the channel formed by the concaved tace of the arm A. This will cause the lock ot hair to assume more closely the contour ot the concaved face 12.

ln using my improved curler the lock oit hair Vwhich is indicated at K in Fig. 6,is wrapped around the concavo-convex meinbei' and thereafter the resilient arm B is sprung into closed position. In thisv position the lock ot hair is made to lie -adjacent and follow closely the cont-our ot the concavo-convei: member and particularly the concave face thereof. lNith the hair thus contined along the concave tace oi the member A, it is caused to puff around the edges ot the' arm A as indicated at L in Fig. 6. This puffing of the hair as indicated at L is occasioned because of the change in the symmetric contour which the hair is forced to assume. The puing of the hair at these points is also a consequence of the confining of the hair throughout a portion oi its length to the concave face` of the arm A by the arm B as the puffing occurs where the hair is not so confined.

`While the arm B is shown as bowed longitudinally, it is obvious that when a lock ot hair is wrapped around the arm A and the arm B sprung in the closed position, this arm B will be flexed into a substantially straight member and thereby confine the arm to the concave tace of the member A throughout its entire length. After the hair has remained in the curlerthe prescribed length of time the curler is opened and the hair slipped ott the arm A. The hair will then be in the curly or waved state desired.

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Having thus described myinvention what I claim is: V

l. A hair curler formed in two sections and comprising a rigid concavo-convex arm and a relatively narrow Hat :flexible arm, means hingedly connecting adjacent ends of the arms, the flexible arm bearing Vagainst the concave face ofthe concavo-convex arm and being so disposed as` to .cause the hair whichis adapted to be wrapped about the concavo-convex member to lie adjacent the concave face thereof, and means for connecting the free ends of the arms when ythey are sprung toward each other; Y Y

2. hair curler formed in two sections and comprising a rigid concavo-convex arm and a longitudinally bowed relatively nar row flexible arm, means hingedly connecting one adjacent end of each of the arms7 the flexible arm being of less width than the concavo-convex arm and bearing against the concaveiface thereof so'as to cause vthe hair which is adapted to be wrapped about the concavo-convex .member to be conned against the concaved face thereof andmeans for connecting the free ends of the arms together when they areV sprung toward each other.

3. In a hair curler the combination with a rigid concave-convex arm of a rela-tively narrow flat flexiblearm, said narrow arm being of such width as to permit the same to be partially housed within said rigid arm when the two arms Varein a closed position and means for connecting the free ends of the arms together when they are sprung toward each other.

4. In a hair curler the combination with a rigid concave-convex arm of a relatively Vnarrow Hat flexible arm, said narrow arm being of such width as to cause the hair which is wrapped about the concave-conver:l arm to follow the concave face of the rigid arm the hair being retained against the convex face of the rigid arm because of the tension imparted thereto by the clamping action between the flexible concave -face of the rigid arm and means for connecting the free ends of the arms together when they are sprung toward each other.

"5. A hair curler formed in twoA sections and comprising a rigid concavo-convex arm and a relatively narrow Hat flexible arm, means hingedly connecting the adjacent ends of the arms, the concavo-convex arm being adapted tohave wrapped thereon the hair, the hair following the convex face and spanning the concaved face thereof, the flexible `arm when the arms are arm and thev s bruno' toward'each other bein@ dis )osed ad- C D i jacent the concave face of the rigid arm, causing the hair which spans the concaved face tobe stretched and forced against the concaved face of the concave-convex arm a-nd means for connecting the free ends of" the arm when they are sprung toward each other.

ROBBIE GoRDoNE. 

